Psalm 37Versus 1-9

Sung to: FOREST GREEN CMD

“I Sing the Almighty Power of God” 

Trinity Hymnal tune #119

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Have no disturbing thoughts aboutThose doing wickedly,

And be not envious of thoseWho work iniquity.

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For even like the growing grassSoon be cut down shall they;

And like the green and tender plantThey all shall fade away.

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Set thou thy trust upon the Lord;Continue doing good.

Dwell thou securely in the land;Make faithfulness thy food.

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Joy in the Lord; He’ll grant each giftFor which thy heart may call.

Commit thy way unto the Lord;Trust Him; He’ll do it all.

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And like the morning light He shallThy righteousness display;

And He thy judgment shall bring forthLike noontide of the day.

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Rest in the Lord; wait patiently;Fret not for anyone

Who prospers in his wicked way,Completing schemes begun.

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Cease being thou by anger stirred;Make thou of wrath an end.

Fret not thyself, for fretting willTo evildoing tend.

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For evildoers soon shall beCut off, no more to stand;

But those who wait upon the LordInherit shall the land.

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Psalm 37Versus 10-19

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For yet a little while, and thenThe wicked shall not be;

His place thou shalt consider well,But him thou shalt not see.

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The meek and humble of the landInheritors shall be;

And they shall then delight themselvesIn full prosperity.

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The wicked plots against the justAnd grinds his teeth in wrath;

Because He sees his day will comeThe Lord at him shall laugh.

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The wicked men have drawn their swordsAnd bent their bows to slay,

To cast the needy down and killThe men of upright way.

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But yet the sword which they have drawnShall enter their own heart;

Their bows which they are bending shallIn broken pieces part.

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The little that the righteous hasIs more and better far

Than great abundance many haveWho wholly wicked are.

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For wicked arms shall broken be;The Lord the just sustains.

The Lord knows days of perfect men;Their heritage remains.

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They shall not be ashamed when theyThe time of evil see;

And when the days of famine comeThey satisfied shall be.

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Psalm 37Versus 20-28

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But wicked men, Jehovah’s foes,Like meadow flow’rs are they;

And they shall vanish; as does smokeThey all shall fade away.

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The wicked borrows, but his debtHe never does repay;

Whereas the righteous gracious isAnd freely gives away.

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For those who have been blessed by HimInherit shall the land;

And those who have been cursed by Him,Cut off, shall no more stand.

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Though he may stumble, he shall notFall so he cannot stand,

Because Jehovah is the OneWho holds him by his hand.

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I have been young, now many yearsHave o’er my life been spread;

I’ve never seen the righteous left,His children begging bread.

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All day he’s gracious and he lends;His sons a blessing are.

Depart from evil, and do good,And dwell for evermore.

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Because Jehovah justice lovesAnd never leaves His own,

They are preserved for evermore, But sinners overthrown.

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Psalm 37Versus 29-40

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The righteous shall inherit earth,And ever in it dwell.

The just man’s mouth will wisdom speak;His tongue will justice tell.

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The law of God is in his heart;No stumbling steps he’ll make.The wicked spies upon the just

And seeks his life to take.

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The Lord will never leave the justWithin the wicked’s hands,

Nor let the righteous be condemnedWhen he in judgment stands.

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Wait on the Lord and keep His way;Exalt you then shall He

That you inherit shall the land,The wicked’s ruin see.

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I saw the wicked, ruthless man,A tree whose leaves abound;

I passed one day and he was gone;Though sought, could not be found.

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Consider well the perfect man;The upright watch and see;

For certainly the man of peaceShall have posterity.

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But those who are transgressors willBe wiped out on and all.Posterity of wicked menWill be cut off and fall.

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Salvation of the righteous onesIs from the Lord alone.

He will a perfect refuge beIn times distress is known.

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Jehovah helps and rescues them;He will deliver them

From men; He will them saveBecause they trust in Him.

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Have no disturbing thoughts aboutThose doing wickedly,

And be not envious of thoseWho work inipuity

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